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Sportsmanship, yellow and red cards, and why expulsion ends a beach set
Players have to know the rules and play by them. They accept the referees' decisions. If something is unclear, only the captain asks, and only when the ball is dead. The way that request works is in Teams and Participants.
Players do not try to sway a referee, and they do not hide a fault their team just committed.
Fair play covers referees, other officials, opponents, your partner, and spectators. Talking to your partner during the match is allowed.
Minor misconduct is not sanctioned. The first referee is supposed to keep it from getting there, in two steps.
Stage 1. A verbal warning, given through the captain.
Stage 2. A yellow card, shown to the player. This is a formal warning, not a penalty. It goes on the score sheet and does not award a point. It tells that player, and the team, that they have reached the sanctioning level for the match. The next step is a real sanction.
Conduct toward officials, opponents, a partner, or spectators falls into three levels:
| Level | What it is |
|---|---|
| Rude conduct | Behavior that goes against ordinary good manners or moral principles |
| Offensive conduct | Insulting or defamatory words or gestures, including contempt |
| Aggression | A physical attack, or aggressive or threatening behavior |
The first referee judges how serious the offense is. The sanctions are a penalty, an expulsion, or a disqualification.
Rude conduct, and one repeat of rude conduct in the same set by the same player, is a penalty each time. The first two times, the opponent gets a point and the serve. The referee shows a red card.
A third rude conduct by the same player in the same set is an expulsion. Rude-conduct sanctions can be given to that player again in a later set. The count is per set, then it can start again.
The first offensive conduct is an expulsion. The referee shows a red card and a yellow card together. The player leaves the playing area.
There is no one to substitute. The team is incomplete for the rest of the set. The opponent receives the points needed to win the set. The sanctioned team keeps the points it already has. The expelled player is out for that set.
The first physical attack, or threatened aggression, is a disqualification. The referee shows a red card and a yellow card separately. The player leaves the playing area, and the team is incomplete for the match. The opponent receives the points and sets needed to win the match.
Misconduct before a set, or between sets, is judged on the same scale. The sanction is applied in the following set.
| Card | What it means | Immediate result |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal warning | Minor misconduct, stage 1 | Nothing recorded as a sanction |
| Yellow card | Formal warning, stage 2 | Recorded, no point |
| Red card | Penalty for rude conduct | Point and serve to the opponent |
| Red and yellow together | Expulsion | Player out for the set, team incomplete for the set |
| Red and yellow apart | Disqualification | Player out for the match, team incomplete for the match |
| Yellow card on the wrist | Delay warning | Recorded, no point |
| Red card on the wrist | Delay penalty | Point and serve to the opponent |